From The Dystopian Dream Team, a nice sum up of what I keep saying about the ultra-capitalist inability to being satisfied with what we have: There’s this unkillable idea in Silicon Valley right now that there will be another thing someday. The promise of a theoretical future device that does something worth having....

Developer experience is changing, because humans aren't the only ones doing development work anymore.

I have been a reader for most of my life. I was very excited to read “chapter books” when I was 5 or 6 years old. By the time I was heading into middle school, I was reading King, Grisham, and Clancy. I have no idea why my adolescent brain liked Tom Clancy, I can’t stand his writing now, but goodness, I read...

Gdy wchodziłem w okres dojrzewania, jedną z rzeczy, które musiałem zacząć robić, było golenie twarzy. Nie był to dla mnie jakiś imponujący rytuał przejścia, raczej higieniczno-estetyczna konieczność. Ponieważ miałem wtedy może 13 lat, nie kupowałem sobie swoich własnych maszynek do golenia, tylko brałem losową...

Table of Contents Introduction The General Economic Environment of the Mainland What is Deepseek? The Risks of American AI Strategy Conclusion This is part of a series of posts written during or shortly after my visits to the mainland of the People’s Republic of China in the summer of 2025. Introduction The thoughts...

Elisping like it is 1998 GNU Emacs has been around for over forty years, and it has evolved tremendously during that period. Additional functionality was added, and new packages were created. Elisp also expanded with additional features. I maintain a phlog, this is like a blog, but on Gopher. See this explanation on...

Anotações de estudo com 10 aprendizados sobre UX, usabilidade, testes, métricas e produto digital, com exemplos e aplicações práticas. O post 10 lições que todo designer de produto deveria saber (e aplicar) apareceu primeiro em Wagner Beethoven.

I think the single scariest thing in this world, this universe, this plane of existence is the fact that you don't have to change. Seriously, you can keep repeating the same mistakes, you can keep reliving the same lessons over and over again. That is the blessing and the curse of having a free will. You know, I...

Llego tarde con esta entrada, pero no importa. Después de instalar Fedora en el portátil, como conté en otra entrada, me propuse tanto instalar mis cosas “de siempre” como probar algunas nuevas. Estas notas son un repaso rápido de las cosas que he acabado utilizando más a menudo, y que provienen del ecosistema de...

Due to my use of ad blockers and PiHole I did not know that Disqus injects ads into your site if you use their comment section. Looking on my phone the other day, I was horrified to see TWELVE ADS on my articles, all of which are utter TRASH. The only ads I will ever allow are for products that I personally use and...

En Trakt.tv sale con el excesivamente cómico título (para un hispanohablante con cero conocimiento del idioma japonés) “New Dimension! Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Battle of Supernatural Powers Flying Sushi”. Una película que puede verla casi cualquier niño, y en general graciosa, entretenida y llena de ritmo. El CGI...

Since I started writing here in earnest, I’ve been enchanted by the idea of having a proper name for my humble blog. I didn’t dare put too much thought into it until recently; the task seemed too intimidating. There’s a lot to think about after all: Do you choose something dry and professional, at risk of sounding...

I hope to give this letter to a special man, one day. I love you more than I love my books. Your cover is the one thing I look forward to each day. Your leather binding captivates my eye. Your words always keep me turning the pages, wanting more. I love the plot points you reveal to me when we are communicating. I...

Back in 1993 I started my A’ Levels. For the non-UK folks, these are the 2-year qualifications you gain between the ages of 16 and 18 in what we call “college”. I took maths, physics and computing. Computing was, in some ways, a very different topic back then. But it’s amazing what’s not changed. And the...

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